Monday, November 2, 2009

PL 65/09: Plan for Erasmus Mundus

A group of five Erasmus Mundus students at Akershus University College will be working as interns with LATINA/lab in November.

In this project the interns will work on the development of teaching materials in English – as well as on translations into Spanish, Polish and French – for the LATINA summer school. This includes the development of a course module for a training course in evidence-based advocacy based on library statistics.

As an introduction, I’ve summarized the project setting:

LATINA
Learning and Teaching in a Digital World is

an adult education concept

aimed at students and teachers throughout the world

to support their passage from the industrial to the digital economy

by intensive practical exposure

to digital forms of teaching, learning and production

in a well-designed learning environment

that combines appropriate technical resources

with a strong and supportive social atmosphere

The project itself is developed through

a development oriented workshop – the LATINA/lab – located at the OUC Learning Centre

an annual LATINA Summer course, as part of the Oslo University College Summer School (2008-)

other courses based on the LATINA model during the terms (LATINA Spring 2009, Museum course Autumn 2009)

a five-year “professional doctorate” program (half speed) for librarians

other training or trainee programs

international courses (Finland 2010, Botswana 2011)

collaboration with institutions in China and Poland

GLOSSA
The Global Statistics for Advocacy sub-project is

a training program

aimed at library associations throughout the world

to develop their ability to “argue with numbers”

vis-a-vis politicians, publics, and administrations

in order to promote the development

of public, school, and academic libraries

by demonstrating the social, economic and cultural value of their services